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Reading a mysterious novel that recounts in haunting detail the day she became the victim of a dark secret, documentary filmmaker Catherine Ravenscroft is forced to confront the past to prevent her world from falling apart.

Summary:Reading a mysterious novel that recounts in haunting detail the day she became the victim of a dark secret, documentary filmmaker Catherine Ravenscroft is forced to confront the past to prevent her world from falling apart.

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This novel captured me from the beginning. I thoroughly enjoyed the surprises which kept coming. The book had elements of "The Girl on the Train" & "Gone Girl". It was suspenseful & a better read than I thought it would be.

If you like plot twists, simple prose, and page-turning suspense, you'll probably like this one! If you're annoyed when authors allow characters to withhold known information (used as a device to prolong suspense) or if you're sensitive to scenes of twisted violence/disturbing interactions (maybe 1-2 scenes), this may be one to skip.

I thought this book was going to be another kind of "women writers who hate women" sort of thing (think AM Homes or Gillian Flynn) but the ending saved this book from being that. It was a fair examination of the human failings of judgement & revenge. We all do it so it was good to think about all that juicy hypocrisy that is probably our greatest of sins.

Though I nearly stopped reading after the first 3rd of the book, it never really became a pleasure but a curiosity. Still it's worth staying with until the end. Anyone who thinks the ending wasn't plausible probably should read books by Gillian Flynn & AM Homes.

I thought of this book as a wannabe twisty novel--like Gone Girl or When I Fall Asleep or so many others. But I didn't think this one worked. Now I'd say when this particular genre doesn't work it can be really bad because it is just sort of silly. Though I will say that it is tense at moments and you do want to see how it's going to end. I just think the workings are all too transparent and the writing not strong enough.

In the genre with Gillian Flynn and Paula Hawkins. Very well done.Clever. Creepy. Most unpleasant.Renee Knight, like the others, doesn't need to write any more in similar vein but.. I'll have the same awful fascination that will compel me to read her later efforts should there be any.